We strongly suspect that Chief Leschi would argue that it's too little and much, much too late, but nearly 150 years after Washington's territorial government hanged the Nisqually chief for allegedly murdering local soldiers, the Legislature is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn the…
"Things are constantly evolving...All options are open." Gov. Gary Locke, asked whether he would veto the leading proposals to replace the state's unconstitutional blanket primary.
For more than half an hour Monday night, the House of Representatives turned into a living room.Someone figured out that the big video screens that show voting roll calls also work quite well as TVs. The Gonzaga game was immediately tuned in, and while clerks…
"We pay our bills. We pay our taxes. We're good citizens. We're tired of waiting." Rep. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, one of four openly gay state lawmakers, calling for state approval of gay and lesbian marriage.
Battered women and rape victims who have to flee their homes for their own safety got some help from state lawmakers last week.Both the House and Senate have unanimously passed HB 1645, which makes it easier for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking…
State lawmakers last week cut young golfers a break, saying that high school golf teams shouldn't have to pay taxes when they practice at local golf courses.The state tax code technically requires collection of a tax, even when golf courses donate the use of their…
Something as indiscreet as straight talk is not encouraged in Olympia, where a tax is invariably called a "revenue plan," and state prisons are crammed with "offenders," not inmates.Even so, lawmakers have outdone themselves this year in attempting to find a name for a proposed…
Short takes and breaking news from the Washington Legislature and the state capital.
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